History of Computers MCQs
1) Abacus is also called as …………………………………..
a) Counting frame b) beads tray c) beads rack d) None of these
2) Napier’s Bones was invented by the Scottish mathematician ……………………………….
a) Blaise Pascal b) Charles Babbage c) John Napier d) Gottfried Leibnitz
3) A device that consists of beads divided into two parts which were moved on the rods of the two parts.
a) Computer b) Abacus c) Jacquard Loom d) Leibnitz’s calculator
4) In the year 1671, a German Mathematician Gottfried Leibnitz constructed adding machine called as
a) Jacquard’s Loom b) Leibnitz’s calculator c) Abacus d) Napier’s Bones
5) In 1822, Charles Babbage invented a Machine called as ………………………………..
a) Babbage Difference Engine b) Jacquard Loom c) Abacus d) None of these
6) Hollerith’s machine (tabulating machine) was invented by ……………………………………..
a) Charles Babbage b) Mark Zukerberg c) Jacquard Loom d) Herman Hollerith
7) The device that was able to multiply two 10- digit numbers in 5 seconds.
a) Jacquard’s Loom b) Mark I c) Abacus d) Hollerith’s machine
8) ……………………. based on gear wheels, with digit 0 through 9 that was display around each wheel.
a) Babbage Difference Engine b) Pascal’s adding machine
c) Mark I d) Hollerith’s machine
9) ………………………. generation of computers used vacuum tubes for circuitry and magnetic drums for storage.
a) Third b) Fifth c) Second d) First
10) Second generation of computers used ……………………………… instead of vacuum tubes
a) Punched cards b) Magnetic tapes c) Circuits d) Transistors
11) Fifth generation computers are based on the concept of ……………………………………
a) Paper tapes b) Magnetic tapes
c) Integrated Circuits d) Artificial Intelligence (AI)
12) In ……………………. generation of computers due to the use of Integrated Circuits (ICs)/ chips it made the computers more powerful, less expensive, faster etc
a) First b) Fifth c) Third d) Fourth
13) IBM’s Personal Computer (PC) and Apple’s Machintosh computers used microprocessor semiconductors are the examples of ………………………………………………………..
a) Second b) Fourth c) Third d) None of these
14) It was one of the first commercially available computers.
a) ENIAC b) EDVAC c) ABC d) UNIVAC – I
15) In …………………………. the High Level Languages like FORTRAN, COBOL, ALGOL, and SNOBOL were developed.
a) First b) Second c) Third d) Fourth
Answer keys
| 1 | A |
| 2 | C |
| 3 | B |
| 4 | B |
| 5 | A |
| 6 | D |
| 7 | B |
| 8 | B |
| 9 | D |
| 10 | D |
| 11 | D |
| 12 | C |
| 13 | B |
| 14 | D |
| 15 | B |
